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HANOVER WAS A BUSY PLACE IN'21
By Roberta Donovan L2-L2-t974 nsP
The Three Forks Portland Cement Co. plant at Hanover was a busy place, with
435 men working at the plant and nearby mine, when the below picture was
taken in 1921. There was a thriving "company town" across the coulee from the
plant and this picture was taken from the town site'
A few years ago, after the plant had been closed a number of years and most of
the residents had moved away, the plant buildings and houses were taken down
and there is no physical evidence there now that a town ever existed.
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Back in 1914, over a quarter century ago, a keen-scented engineer with an eye to the future, discovered a large amount of gypsum deposit about eight miles north and west of Lewistown at what is the present site of Hanover, and during the next few years a considerable activity was noticed at that point, and when the smoke cleared away there stood upon that site a modern cement mill with large capacity, turning out a high grade product under the brand name of Red Devil cement. As a part of the Ideal Cement company of Denver, one of the biggest operations in the line in the country, this plant continued to turn out its quota of tons of cement until about 1931, when its deposit of cement making rock seemed to disintegrate and shortly the plant was operating practically full time in the making of one of the finest plasters from high grade gypsum rock that it was possible to dine in the country, and it wasn’t long before “Hanover Plaster” was recognized by the trade as top-notch in quality and possessing just those ingredients which go to make a good job.

HANOVER WAS A BUSY PLACE IN'21
By Roberta Donovan L2-L2-t974 nsP
The Three Forks Portland Cement Co. plant at Hanover was a busy place, with
435 men working at the plant and nearby mine, when the below picture was
taken in 1921. There was a thriving "company town" across the coulee from the
plant and this picture was taken from the town site'
A few years ago, after the plant had been closed a number of years and most of
the residents had moved away, the plant buildings and houses were taken down
and there is no physical evidence there now that a town ever existed.
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an.rtjar*mf r:f l,tv; e*ir;*n"x, X*tfut:ii.w !:#?i Y * ar"; .98* "
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